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Context : I'm switching my whole desktop environment, and after many thoughts, I'm going with a Virtual Machine hosted on a Google Cloud (Win Server 2016)

The server is a "Single User" machine, that will receive an RDP connection. The terminal must allow :

  • Dual Monitor
  • Port forwarding (USB, Local Printer)

What would be the best option :

  • Buying a refurbished PC, and use Native Remote Desktop
  • A proper thin client that supports RDP
  • Raspberry Pi 3 (Linux with a RDP session)

I'm looking for the best performance for general work (no 3d, Cad, ect.)

Felix Godbout
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I used for this purpose a raspberry pi with Raspbian. For the remote sessions I use Vinagre.

It works very well and it's cheap.

But I am not sure about multimonitor and port forwarding...

betaros
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  • I've researched a little about dual monitor on Raspberry Pi 3, and it's possible through a Display Extender (USB to DVI) and a script. Do you notice performance drops with Vinagre in the ''networking'' aspect? I know it's a lit depends of the server's quality and ressources, but on a general RDP session through a MacBook Air on 2 screens, I have no performance drop. – Felix Godbout Jun 14 '17 at 15:15